Yesterday we shared our learning about plants with our school community. We had presentations on the difference between a fruit and a vegetable, a plant's life cycle, the parts of a plant, our experiment to find out what plants need to grow, our food dye experiment and how plants are adapted to different biomes. We also had a Kahoot quiz about all sorts of interesting plant facts. We'd like to thank the parents, staff and children from other classes who came to share our experiences. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.

We've had a busy week deciding what we'd like to share at our learning celebration and how we'd like to present it. The classroom has been a hive of activity as groups discuss their ideas, formulate plans and collect everything they need. We hope you'll be able to join us on Thursday afternoon when we will wow you with our knowledge and skills!

13/9 Teachers Union meeting, school starts at 11.30 am14/9 September Rainbow inter-primary schools ski race (postponement day 15 September)15/9 Junior Syndicate market, lunchtime. Senior Syndicate Learning Celebration pm19 – 22/9 Marlborough Life Education Visit23/9 Last day of term 310/10 First Day of Term 4​13/10 Spring Show (Note to come out in Week 8 detailing how this runs in O'Dwyer Room)

Challenge: ​If you throw 2 dice and add up the total, which answer will be the most probable? Try throwing the dice to find out if your data supports your guess.

We've had a very busy week learning all about plants in different parts of the world. What a lot of different ways they are adapted to their environment!Our seedlings are growing nicely, all looking very different.

We've collected lots of data and have used it to draw pictograms. Then we asked our partners questions to check they could read our pictograms.